Criminal Justice Social Work

Criminal Justice Social Work services aim to reduce reoffending, increase social inclusion of offenders and ex-offenders and enhance public protection.

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Restriction of Liberty Orders

Courts can impose a Restriction of Liberty Order (RLO).

This can include the use of electronic monitoring (tagging) equipment to monitor offenders' compliance with the Order.

A Restriction of Liberty Order requires an offender to be:

  • restricted to a specific place for a maximum period of 12 hours per day for up to a maximum of 12 months
  • and/or restricted from a specified place or places for 24 hours a day up to 12 months

The Criminal Justice Social Work teams carry out assessments for restriction of liberty orders; however we do not supervise these orders. 

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